1st Edition

China's New Political Economy Revised Edition

By Susumu Yabuki, Stephen M Harner Copyright 1999
360 Pages
by Routledge

360 Pages
by Routledge

360 Pages
by Routledge

In the completely revised second edition of this highly praised book, Susumu Yabuki, one of Japan's leading China experts, and Stephen M. Harner, A Shanghai-based investment banker, present a comprehensive and accessible analysis of China's political economy.The authors provide dozens of easy-to-grasp and up-to-date graphs, charts, tables, and maps to illustrate the reality of China, as they... Read more
Preface to the English Language Edition -- Preface to the Japanese Edition -- Introduction -- Toward a Basic Understanding of the Chinese Economy -- A Huge Country -- Population Pressure -- The Volatile History of “Chinese Socialism” -- The Political System -- Economic System Reform -- Some Domestic Economic Problems -- Economic Growth -- Food Production -- Energy -- Environmental Destruction -- Income Disparity -- Regional Disparity -- The Consumption Revolution -- Industry Structure -- State-Owned Enterprises -- Unemployment -- Township and Village Enterprises -- Regional Economics -- State Finances, Financial Institutions and Markets, and Government Institution Reform -- The State Budget, the Fiscal System, and Monetary Policy and Trends -- China’s Banking System -- China’s Stock Markets -- China in the International Financial Markets -- Foreign Financial Institutions in China -- Corporate and Project Finance in China -- Shanghai -- Government Administrative Structure Reform -- Foreign Trade, Foreign Capital, and External Economic Relations -- Foreign Trade -- Foreign Capital -- The Asian Financial Crisis and the RMB -- Hong Kong and Taiwan -- U.S.-China Relations -- Japan-China Relations -- A Chronology of China’s Liberalization and Reform, 1978–1998 -- Key Indications for China’s Economy, 1978–1997

Biography

Susumu Yabuki